Free Web NovelChapter 7059 Change in Character
A translucent sound blade rapidly grew as it sliced through the air. It was filled with countless twisting runes, and in its demonic whistle, people could hear what sounded like the roars of ghouls demanding lives.
Including the scholarly man, all the Jiuli race’s experts felt a stabbing pain in their soul. It was as if that sound had already invaded their very being.
“Is that it?”
In front of this heaven-encompassing sound blade, Long Chen smirked contemptuously. He pointed his finger, and a Taiji diagram appeared on his fingertip. The moment his finger made contact with that sound blade, the massive sound blade collapsed.
This scene left everyone stunned. The attack of the Heavenly Devil Zither had been blocked just like that? This was one of the ten great primal chaos divine items! It possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth! Yet Long Chen had stopped its attack with a single finger.... How was that possible?
Long Chen nonchalantly said, “The sweeping elder claims that you are incredibly cautious, but now it seems that this evaluation doesn’t suit you. The sweeping elder wouldn’t misjudge someone, but the way you’re behaving now is unlike what he told me about you. In other words, your character must have changed. Mountains and rivers might change, but people don’t change so easily. I think there’s only one thing that could make your character change this much. Cao Yuyang, you have become an item-slave!”
Everyone’s hearts shook when they heard this. So it wasn’t the Zither Sect that was in control of the Heavenly Devil Zither, but rather the Heavenly Devil Zither that controlled the Zither Sect?
“What nonsense are you spouting?!” Cao Yuyang was startled to hear this. Blood runes appeared in his eyes. Baleful resentment converged behind him in the form of billions of blood-colored lifeforms wailing and struggling in pain. It was a terrifying sight.
Long Chen nodded in understanding. “I see, so you still aren’t completely under the control of the Heavenly Devil Zither. No wonder the power of that last attack was so scattered. All the laws in it were like grains of sand. One touch made them fall apart. So the Heavenly Devil Zither branded you while rebuilding its body. You thought that you had absolute control over the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither, but you overestimated yourself.
“It doesn’t matter how strong you once were; how are you supposed to endure the karma of killing countless innocent lifeforms? In order to condense seven strings of seven emotions, you committed countless atrocities. Now, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither has lost its sacred side and its evil nature has gone out of control. As for yourself, your character was already dark inside. How could you possibly control it? Even if it didn’t deliberately corrupt you, your inner heart would have been lost sooner or later anyway.”
“You’re spouting nonsense!” roared Cao Yuyang. He slammed his hand on the zither strings, pulling back two strings as far as he could.
A giant arrow instantly converged on the strings. All the killing intent within this space was absorbed into it.
“You see? All I did was say a few words and you’ve lost your temper. Were you always like this?” asked Long Chen indifferently.
When they heard his last words, Luo Tianxiang’s and Xie Lingyun’s eyelids twitched. Now that Long Chen put it this way, it made a bit too much sense. After all, they both knew Cao Yuyang quite well, and he had never been this kind of person.
The real problem was that if Cao Yuyang had become an item-slave, then the spiritual oaths they had pledged to each other were void. The Zither Sect, Chess Sect, and Painting Sect were able to work together precisely due to these oaths binding them together. But if Cao Yuyang was an item-slave, then even if he betrayed the oath, the consequences would be borne by the Heavenly Devil Zither.
As for how that would play out... The Heavenly Devil Zither had long since been split in two. The sinister Heavenly Devil Zither had already begun to rebuild its body, indicating that it was forever cut off from the sacred Heavenly Devil Zither that was in Zi Yan’s hands. And the purely evil Heavenly Devil Zither in charge of the Zither Sect feared no curse or karma, so it wouldn’t care about the consequences of breaking an oath.
The two of them began to panic a bit. The reason they had chosen to stand by the Zither Sect was that the Zither Sect was the only one among them who possessed a primal chaos divine item. But if the Heavenly Devil Zither had escaped its bindings and gained control over the entire Zither Sect instead, then wouldn’t it force them into being slaves as well to take control over the Chess Sect and Painting Sect?
Just then, the giant arrow shot out. And to everyone’s shock... it flew off target, by many miles. Long Chen hadn’t moved from his location, nor had he used any divine ability. This arrow simply missed.
It was simply impossible for an attack like this to miss, and by such a large margin to boot. In that case, there was only one possibility: Cao Yuyang was going through such tremendous inner turmoil that he couldn’t even control himself properly.
“Is Long Chen right? Cao Yuyang has been taken over without realizing it?”
Long Chen’s words were hard to believe, but this scene gave them no choice but to believe him.
Just then, the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither’s loathsome voice rang out. “What a useless fool! If only that girl had matured in time, I wouldn’t have chosen you to be my slave!” freewebnσvel.cѳm
She suddenly disappeared. Cao Yuyang shuddered, and her figure reappeared behind him.
“AAAHHH!”
Cao Yuyang let out a terrified scream and started convulsing. However, no matter how he struggled, he couldn’t break free of her control. freewebnøvel.coɱ
“Fool, your inner heart was shadowed from the start. In that case, why not just accept it? You’re filled with greed, but you’re too cowardly to take any risks. You struggle between your desire and cowardice every day. But now, I am giving you a chance to fulfill your dreams, and you continue to struggle. You are too stupid to live!”
The Heavenly Devil Zither’s voice was full of disgust. Clearly, she did not wish to keep him as an item-slave. For now, she could only settle for him, but precisely because of that, his weakness disgusted her.
Whether because Cao Yuyang had realized the truth of what she was saying or because his spirit had simply been completely suppressed, his body stopped struggling. When he opened his eyes again, they were full of sharp killing intent.
“Little brat, are you prepared to face my wrath?”
Cao Yuyang’s voice was mixed with the sinister Heavenly Devil Zither’s voice. The voice of a man and a woman rang out in an eerie, discordant harmony, and the mere sound of this combined voice made the world quake. The sinister Heavenly Devil Zither was finally displaying the power expected of a primal chaos item. A few words were enough to make heaven and earth flip.
Cao Yuyang turned towards Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang. “I now control the Zither Sect. Your two sects are still my most dependable allies. You need the Zither Sect to help you survive in the chaos of this new era. With my aid, your Chess Sect’s Yin Yang Board and your Painting Sect’s Mountain River Diagram can both become perfect Heavenly Sovereign Dao Weapons. They may even take another step and reach the level of quasi primal chaos divine items. As for myself, I need you to help me take back my other half and devour its core. That will allow me to truly take my place as one of the ten primal chaos divine items. Nothing really changes in our cooperation, except the person you’re dealing with. And in that respect, I will definitely be better than that fool Cao Yuyang. I swear on my item-spirit not to take advantage of you so long as you don’t take advantage of me.”
Xie Lingyun and Luo Tianxiang exchanged a look. They felt that the Heavenly Devil Zither’s words made sense. The Zither Sect had merely changed leadership; that didn’t change the fact that they desperately needed collaboration. Both sides still needed support from each other. In addition, the Heavenly Devil Zither had just sworn on its item-spirit. In that case, there didn’t seem to be anything to worry about.
Seeing their expressions, the Heavenly Devil Zither knew that the two of them would agree. She turned towards Long Can.
“Long Can, the Zither Sect belongs to me now. Your promise towards the Zither Sect will need to be updated as well.”
